By Islam El Shazly
Here’s another set that represents another sampling of activities that can be done and places that can be seen in a country mostly associated with either Pharaonic heritage or the beaches of Sharm. There are a couple of sites dating back to Dynastic Egypt, as iconic as they get, a Roman era outpost, a popular hike, and a sport that has been steadily gaining popularity among Egyptian enthusiasts and foreign ones alike; sportfishing in Lake Nasser. Read more…
Dovecote.
A little desert trip labelled: “Following the footsteps of the last king of Egypt; King Farouk.”
by Naeem Mayet and Saaleha Bamjee
Photographs by Naeem Mayet
Sometimes, Cairo, with all of its rich fullness and grainy texture, displaces the mind’s quiet.
As both vanquisher and subduer, Al-Qahira fills the spaces between thoughts with its Life and Living.
You would imagine that in order to reclaim some of yourself, it would take a great many hours to escape the city’s penetrating charm.
